Example sentences of "met [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia straightened her spine carefully ; that was the best bit of news since she had met the overpowering Roman Wyatt . |
| 2 | On Feb. 5 the judge produced a 54-page ruling which noted that there were very few instances in US history of a President testifying in judicial or congressional proceedings , but nevertheless concluded that Poindexter had met the extensive requirements for demonstrating that Reagan 's testimony was " material " to his defence . |
| 3 | I still care about the chimps ; I 've met the flipping things ’ . ’ |
| 4 | It was here that , at the Competition for the Crown forty-two years before , Edward the First of England had met the Scots magnates and set in motion the actions which ultimately led to the Wars of Independence . |
| 5 | William White had worked in the office of the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott , during which time he had met the famous church architects G.F. Bodley and G.E . |
| 6 | A doctor 's receptionist has met the Norwegian woman whose life she saved when she donated bone marrow two years ago . |
| 7 | Years later , when Peter Handford had met the late Derek Cross , they discussed the Somerset & Dorset line . |
| 8 | The sentence should have read it : ‘ It proved possible to maintain a limited number of local foster placements which would not have met the central standards of a specialist fostering team , but which met the temporary needs of certain local children more appropriately . ’ |
| 9 | Having met the Prime Minister to discuss the matter , she said he had been sympathetic , but she dismissed moves by the Home Office as a cosmetic exercise . |
| 10 | A set of statutory guidelines , similar to those proposed in Australia , indicating factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a director has met the relevant standard might also have educative value and be useful in stimulating the development of a more detailed body of jurisprudence . |
| 11 | The UK group is expected to meet the small group criteria for its current financial year ending 31 December 1992 having met the relevant criteria in its previous financial year . |
| 12 | He seemed quite a different man from the one she had met the other day across Mr. Crowther 's desk , quite different from the man who talked to Jenny this afternoon . |
| 13 | I and my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian ( Mr. Eadie ) have twice met the new chairman of British Coal . |
| 14 | I 've had support from as far away as Boston , Massachusetts ( nowhere else , actually ) , for the retention of old Sir Wynkyn at the head of this column , but now that I have met the new fellow , commissioned at vast expense ( as the Editor has been at pains to point out ) , I feel he 's quite me . |
| 15 | When she was ready to retreat to a country life , she chose the place where she had met the only man she had ever loved . |
| 16 | Cleo had subsequently met the young De Belving several times at a squalid inn on the outskirts of the Burrows in order to have sex with him on a greasy , flea-invested bed in an upper room . |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe you have n't met the right man yet . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe you have n't met the right kind of lady , ’ Merrill murmured . |
| 19 | ‘ How do I know if I 've met the right person ? ’ |
| 20 | And I know I have n't yet met the right person . |
| 21 | ‘ I had just not met the right woman before I met you that night . |
| 22 | Because you 've never met the right woman … she wanted to say . |
| 23 | Have you met the present Sultan in Cairo ? |
| 24 | Each would be asked to notify the IMF within one month whether it agreed to its share as determined by the IMF ; each successor could formally accede to the IMF once it had met the formal conditions specified . |
| 25 | ‘ Not one person who has met the qualifying standard before the plane takes off for Auckland will be left behind , ’ Hunter said . |
| 26 | The tribal leaders who visited Mr Mandela have also met the top ANC leaders in Zambia . |
| 27 | Boyd 's 12-man team visited each of the ten pits after being told by Trade President Michael Heseltine to establish if British Coal had met the prescribed criteria for closure . |
| 28 | Boyd 's team visited the ten pits after being told by the President of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine , to establish whether British Coal had met the prescribed criteria for closure . |
| 29 | Since Rhodes she had known ( since he told her ) how he had met the Flemish woman in Lindos ; and had equally known ( although he had not told her ) that Katelina van Borselen had somehow been persuaded or forced into commerce with him . |
| 30 | I think you may have met the medical student last spring ? |